That's the whole idea behind the Blueberry Ambassador program, which encourages students to perform random acts of kindness as well as write about their effort and what they learned.

A sixth-grade class at Scott Elementary in Flint learned on Tuesday, May 20, that they were the winners of the program's first-ever $1,000 Readers' Choice Award.

The school competed against 10 other classrooms that were participating in the student Blueberry Ambassador program.

Scott Elementary teacher Kathy Savoie, who celebrated with her students after the announcement at the Blueberry Ambassador's Awards Ceremony at The Flint Journal, said she wasn't sure yet what the class would do with the prize money.

They'd have to meet as a group and discuss some ideas, Savoie said.

There was one idea, though.

"In our playground, we have a basketball court," Savoie said.

The court could use repaving, so maybe the money will go toward that.

Janiya Carter, a 13-year-old in the class, said maybe new playground equipment was in order.